It’s just another reason why they call it Colorama!

The 5K Color Run on Saturday, May 12, has a lot of attractions.

First and foremost, it’s going to be a fun, colorful experience and a good brisk walk or run that is good for your health.

It’s starts at 9 a.m., and could get you decorated for the rest of the day. At several places along the 5K run, if you choose to, you could be dusted with a brightly colored material that will make your day a real “Colorama.” Getting sprayed with the colorful material is optional.

The 5K Color Run is all in the North Dam Park area, weaving its way over the dam, around the rocks, back over the dam and then winding its way through the various roads and trail networks below the park.

You don’t have to run or walk along the highway.

But you have to get your entry form in. Do it now to save three bucks. It’s $22 now, but it will be $25 on May 12.

Go to the chamber’s website at grandcouleedam.org/colorrun and get your entry in online, or if you choose, you can drop by the chamber office and do it there.

The 5K Color Run is not a timed run, and there are no awards.

Be part of Colorama.

Oh, and you’ll get a T-shirt.

This Saturday, Oct. 21 there will be a breast cancer awareness fun run/walk at North Dam Park, and later in the day a chili cook-off at the Banks Lake Golf Course. Read more about them both here.

It’s time for the harvest. The community Harvest Festival, that is.

You can set aside this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for some fun, relaxation, and excitement. It’s the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce’s 6th Annual Harvest Festival, Sept. 15-17, located at North Dam Park and Banks Lake Park.

There’s a barbecue competition and tasting, a wellness powwow, a motorcycle poker run, human foosball competition, vendor fair, a Run the Dam race, kids’ games, a beer garden that features football games Saturday and Sunday, with a bit of live music added, and a gathering of people who worked on the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam 50 years ago.

Read more about it here.

Singer-songwriter Bradford Loomis will be performing at the Grand Coulee Library Sept. 12 and will also be talking about the tradition of narrative and storytelling.

“Stories have the unique ability to contextualize a point of view,” Loomis said. “Through them, we are vividly able to imagine ourselves in the shoes of someone else. Listening to a story allows us to access empathy and consideration through our imagination, like a back door to compassion.”

Read the full story here.